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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
A soft spoken man in an unhappy marriage falls for his cousin's wife who has come to live with them, and the story goes downhill from there (literally). Maybe the reason I like this book more than most of the reviewers on Goodreads is that I like dark stories and because I wasn't forced to read it as many of them were. I knew going into the story that it wasn't going to end well. Not many books from the period of realism escape the stark, depressing reality of the time. The foreshadowing is strong enough in the book that you know that something bad is coming and probably by what means; you just don't know exactly how the story is going to unfold.
The story itself is gorgeously put down. It's soft like the story's fallen snow and like the words of Ethan. Every action is slight but calculated. The reader feels the emotions of the characters deeply through their various silences.
There is such a singular storyline that Ethan Frome reads more like a short story than a novel. It can easily be read in a couple of hours. However, it seems like the type of story that will stay with you for a lifetime.
The story itself is gorgeously put down. It's soft like the story's fallen snow and like the words of Ethan. Every action is slight but calculated. The reader feels the emotions of the characters deeply through their various silences.
There is such a singular storyline that Ethan Frome reads more like a short story than a novel. It can easily be read in a couple of hours. However, it seems like the type of story that will stay with you for a lifetime.
Ethan Frome presents a story in which there are no hero’s, no villains. Only people trapped in a miserable situation with plenty of despair, darkness, and depression to go around. It’s a grim picture of life for our three main characters, a brutal slice of life that is set against a truly beautiful depiction of a punishing winter in the north.
If you enjoy a sad story that is driven by despair and darkness, a romance novel in the classic literature format, and a story that will leave you looking at your own marriage or relationships and have you feeling thankful you have it so good, then I highly recommend Ethan Frome.
Otherwise, much like for me, this book won’t have much to offer you aside from some beautiful prose about the bleakness of winter from Edith Wharton. That prose is the only thing keeping this from being 2 stars to be honest. This one just wasn’t for me, as the romance genre isn’t really something I enjoy most of the time(though this is almost more of an anti-romance). If you are on a quest to work through the classics, then this is a nice short one to check off your list, but as a story… well… it didn’t do it for me.
If you enjoy a sad story that is driven by despair and darkness, a romance novel in the classic literature format, and a story that will leave you looking at your own marriage or relationships and have you feeling thankful you have it so good, then I highly recommend Ethan Frome.
Otherwise, much like for me, this book won’t have much to offer you aside from some beautiful prose about the bleakness of winter from Edith Wharton. That prose is the only thing keeping this from being 2 stars to be honest. This one just wasn’t for me, as the romance genre isn’t really something I enjoy most of the time(though this is almost more of an anti-romance). If you are on a quest to work through the classics, then this is a nice short one to check off your list, but as a story… well… it didn’t do it for me.
4.5 stars. What a lovely novel. I can't put my thoughts about the book into the appropriate words; all I will say is that this story will definitely be remembered--in a good way. Edith Wharton may have gained herself a teenage fan. ;)
Dans une petite ferme du Massachusetts, Ethan Frome est sous la domination totale de sa femme Zénobie, une « mégère ». L'arrivée de Mattie Silver, une cousine de Zénobie, illumine la vie d'Ethan en lui apportant de la douceur et de la compréhension. Mais elle déchaîne la jalousie de la « redoutable » Zénobie, qui va réussir à chasser la jeune fille. En bref : une histoire dans laquelle rien ne se passe.
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
Well that was depressing. And haunting. And makes me love my own life even more. The concept of
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suicide by sled just adds to the despair.
The story was interesting enough, but the best part of this book is the writing. It's so intentional, and the details really build up on each other. The way the story is told is really the main draw of this thing. It didn't take long to read, either. I'd recommend if you're looking for a well-written, short classic.
archer's voice'den aldığım notları karıştırırken buldum da geldim.
çevrilmemiş, negzel.
liam neeson'ın başrolünü aldığı film uyarlaması var, olmadı onu seyrederim. ama liam'ın oynadığı bir filmi seyretmek... shit. başka adam kalmamış mıydı dünya üzerinde?
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Eylül 10, 2017: demişim AMA helikopter yay. çevirmiş bu yıl.
I LUV YA HELLİKOP <3
Nisan 18, 2018 – Finished Reading
Temmuz 18, 2021 (şimdi yazınca fark ettim, ayın 18'i tamamen tesadüf)
Archer's Voice'de "It's well written, but it's probably one of the most depressing books of all time." diye geçiyor. Kitabı da şöyle özetliyor:
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"...It's about a miserable man in a loveless marriage who falls in love with his wife's cousin and they try to commit suicide to be together, but only end up broken and paralyzed and still miserable.""Çevremizi saran manzaranın suskun melankolisinin bir parçası olmuştu; donmuş acıların cisimleşmiş hali gibiydi, içinde sıcak ve duyarlı ne varsa yüzeyde görünenin altında hapsolmuştu. Rastgele ulaşılamayacak kadar ırak bir manevi yalıtlanmışlığın derinliklerinde yaşadığını hissettim..."
Gerçekten öyle :D Şimdi şöyle bir baktım altını çizdiğim yerlere ve tuttuğum derkenarlara, hakikaten öyle. En çok hatırladığım şey Ethan'ın sümsüğün teki oluşuydu, üzgünüm, romantik yanım ciddi düşünemiyor. Ama görev-sorumluluk boyundurukluğunu, toplumun/çevrenin baskısınu, insanın arzusu/ihtiyaçlarını anlatan, 'sahiden aşk mıydı yoksa bir kaçış mı'yı sorduran (bana tam şu an alakasızca kuyucaklı yusuf'u anımsatan) acıklı bir aşk hikayesi.
"Hepsi buydu; ama bütün ilişkileri böyle dile getirilmeyen anlardan oluşuyordu, mutluluğa aniden, kış ormanında bir kelebeği ürkütmüş gibi rastladıkları anlardan..."
Olaylar yaşamlarında birer hezimet evet, ama olaylardan ziyade anlatım tarzı sizi kedere sürüklüyor (ethan'ın sümsük oluşunu da hesaba katarsak).
3 yıl geçmiş aradan, filmi izlemedim, liam neeson nefretim devam ediyor...
xoxoxo
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4.5 stars! Edith Wharton is THE STAR of the story. To be able introduce a deformed man, go back in time to show this man as a young but desperate husband, who shares his home with an older bitter shrew of a wife, and her young relative, a (seemingly) naive young maiden who Ethan falls for — and wrap this up in stunning story in much less than 200 pages was a skillful act. A must read — and maybe a rare re-read for me!
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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